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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Wally Backman 2026 Season · SEA

Wally Backman played in the majors from 1980 to 1993. His career NUT is -1.3, #4,772 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1990 (+0.9). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .275/.349/.339, 10 HR, 893 H in 1102 games.

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Wally Backman Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Wally Backman

2B · SEA

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-1.3Career NUT

+1.3 to Average

Career

.275AVG10HR240RBI893H482R117SB

Career · season grades

S/R · 5' 9", 160 lb · b. Sep 22, 1959 · Hillsboro, OR · Draft 1977 (1st Rd, #16)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1980	20	NYM	+0.1	27	110	93	12	30	1	1	0	9	11	1	1	14	2	3	1	4	3	.323	.396	.355	.032	.751	.375
1981	21	NYM	—	26	42	36	5	10	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	.278	.350	.333	.055	.683	.345
1982	22	NYM	+0.8	96	312	261	37	71	13	2	3	22	49	0	1	47	8	7	0	2	6	.272	.387	.372	.100	.759	.322
1983	23	NYM	—	26	45	42	6	7	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.205	.214	.047	.419	.206
1984	24	NYM	+0.1	128	499	436	68	122	19	2	1	26	56	0	2	63	32	9	2	5	13	.280	.360	.339	.059	.699	.324
1985	25	NYM	-1.2	145	574	520	77	142	24	5	1	38	36	1	1	72	30	12	3	14	3	.273	.320	.344	.071	.664	.313
1986	26	NYM	+0.5	124	440	387	67	124	18	2	1	27	36	0	1	32	13	7	3	14	3	.320	.376	.385	.065	.761	.345
1987	27	NYM	-1.7	94	335	300	43	75	6	1	1	23	25	0	0	43	11	3	1	9	5	.250	.307	.287	.037	.594	.288
1988	28	NYM	+0.5	99	347	294	44	89	12	0	0	17	41	1	1	49	9	5	2	9	6	.303	.388	.344	.041	.732	.360
1989	29	MIN	-1.1	87	337	299	33	69	9	2	1	26	32	1	0	45	1	1	1	4	4	.231	.306	.284	.053	.590	.268
1990	30	PIT	+0.9	104	361	315	62	92	21	3	2	28	42	1	1	53	6	3	3	0	5	.292	.374	.397	.105	.771	.342
1991	31	PHI	-0.3	94	220	185	20	45	12	0	0	15	30	0	0	30	3	2	3	2	2	.243	.344	.308	.065	.652	.285
1992	32	PHI	—	42	55	48	6	13	1	0	0	6	6	0	1	9	1	0	0	1	3	.271	.352	.292	.021	.644	.333
1993	33	SEA	—	10	31	29	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	.138	.167	.138	.000	.305	.190
Career	—	14 yrs	-1.3	1102	3708	3245	482	893	138	19	10	240	371	5	9	480	117	52	19	68	55	.275	.349	.339	.064	.688	.318

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Backman's career NUT of -1.3

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

0.9

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NUT by Season

+0.1

+0.8

+0.1

-1.2

+0.5

-1.7

+0.5

-1.1

+0.9

-0.3

Awards

1986World Series Championship

2002SOU Manager of the Year

2014PCL Manager of the Year

2019ALPB Manager the Year

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